Topical debate on Thursday, 16 October 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Mike O'Brien. The answering member was Charles Hendry.

Energy Providers

Topical debate on energy providers.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 480 c955-78
Session: 2007-08
Department: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Michael Clapham | 480 c965 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. I know that the Minister heard what my hon. F...; Michael Clapham | 480 c962-4 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the establishment of a new Department. It is long overdue. We had an energy Department, as...; Eric Illsley | 480 c965 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has hit on an important point. Carbon capture and storage could be some time away. Th...; Charles Hendry | 480 c959-60 (Link to this contribution) We shall make our financial commitments clearer as we get closer to the election. We have no idea wh...; David Winnick | 480 c959 (Link to this contribution) The winter fuel allowance has been of considerable help since the Government have been in office. If...; Charles Hendry | 480 c958-9 (Link to this contribution) May I begin by welcoming the Minister warmly to his position? Perhaps it would be more appropriate t...; Charles Hendry | 480 c961-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a point about what happened many years ago, but we are now—as the Secretary...; Eric Illsley | 480 c961 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman talks about carbon capture and storage. There are other methods of dealing with c...; Charles Hendry | 480 c960-1 (Link to this contribution) The Minister could have addressed some of those issues in his own contribution. On winter fuel payme...; Mike O'Brien | 480 c960 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has attempted to lambast the Government for failing to make decisions. Will he ma...; Elliot Morley | 480 c957 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. and learned Friend to his new post. I want to pick up on the point made by my hon....; Mike O'Brien | 480 c957-8 (Link to this contribution) We must ensure that we have the policy right. We are ensuring that that is so, but we also have to e...; David Drew | 480 c958 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. and learned Friend give way?; Mike O'Brien | 480 c958 (Link to this contribution) Given the time constraints, I regret to say that I will not be able to. Experience with existing sc...; David Anderson | 480 c957 (Link to this contribution) May I raise with the Minister the reality of the increase of up to 80 per cent. in the cost of domes...; Mike O'Brien | 480 c957 (Link to this contribution) Domestic coal will certainly play a role in a diverse energy supply, and we want to ensure that it d...; Mike O'Brien | 480 c956 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend knows that oil and gas is depleting, and although it still provides about two thirds ...; Mike O'Brien | 480 c956 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is quite right that we need to ensure that the credit crunch and problems in the ...; Jim Devine | 480 c956 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. and learned Friend agree that although there might be sustainable oil, we should not ba...; Mike O'Brien | 480 c955 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of energy providers." My right hon. Friend...; Steve Webb | 480 c967-8 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I will return to the issue of home insulation programme...; Philip Hollobone | 480 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) May I invite the Minister to visit Kettering, which faces several issues relating to energy provider...; David Leslie Taylor | 480 c969 (Link to this contribution) A moment or two ago, we heard the Liberal Democrats' suggestion for an upgrade to smart meters that ...; Lord Whitehead | 480 c969-71 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Northavon (Steve Webb) and I have discussed his interesting proposal for super-s...; Speaker | 480 c968 (Link to this contribution) A time limit was not imposed on Back Benchers' speeches, and I see that two more hon. Members wish t...; Lord Whitehead | 480 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) In welcoming my hon. and learned Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien) to his new p...; David Drew | 480 c967 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that there is a real problem with the Warm Front programme? Many of t...; Steve Webb | 480 c967 (Link to this contribution) Access is a very real issue, as my right hon. Friend says, and of course the absence of dual-fuel ta...; Lord Whitehead | 480 c965 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for giving way. I wonder whether he wishes to add the words ““combined heat a...; Michael Clapham | 480 c965 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention. It is important that we ensure that we have CHP units, and usin...; Steve Webb | 480 c965-6 (Link to this contribution) I shall address my brief remarks to the title of the debate, ““Energy providers””, and move from the...; Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 480 c966-7 (Link to this contribution) Can my hon. Friend appreciate the insult that is added to the injury when consumers receive through ...; Speaker | 480 c965 (Link to this contribution) Order. Has the hon. Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone (Mr. Clapham) finished his speech, or is...; Michael Clapham | 480 c965 (Link to this contribution) I was giving way, Mr. Deputy Speaker.; Mike O'Brien | 480 c976-8 (Link to this contribution) We have had an enormously useful debate, featuring some very helpful speeches. In the time that rema...; Mike O'Brien | 480 c957 (Link to this contribution) I shall give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Mr. Anderson) and then to my right hon. F...; Siobhain McDonagh | 480 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) I do not propose to speak for long this afternoon, as I have secured an Adjournment debate on a simi...; Robert Smith | 480 c956 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is right that we are now in a globally dependent market, but it is very important that ...; Lord Bruce of Bennachie | 480 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) This has been a useful debate and the statement we heard before it was extremely helpful. I thank th...
Subjects: Costs Coal Investment Electricity generation Energy supply Financial markets Oil Prices Renewable energy Taxation Regional electricity companies Social tariffs
Contains statistics: Yes
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Energy Providers

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